Pericles Prince of Tyre.
Vpon a Courser, whose delight steps,
Shall make the gazer ioy to see him tread;
Onely (my friend) I yet am vnprouided of a paire of Bases.
Shall make the gazer ioy to see him tread;
Onely (my friend) I yet am vnprouided of a paire of Bases.
2.Wee'le sure prouide, thou shalt haue
My best Gowne to make thee a paire;
And Ile bring thee to the Court my selfe.
My best Gowne to make thee a paire;
And Ile bring thee to the Court my selfe.
Peri.Then Honour be but a Goale to my Will,
This day Ile rise, or else adde ill to ill.
This day Ile rise, or else adde ill to ill.
Enter Simonydes, with attendaunce, and Thaisa.
KingAre the Knights ready to begin the Tryumph?
1. Lord. They are my Leidge, and stay your comming,
To present themselues.
To present themselues.
King.Returne them, We are ready, & our daughter heere,
In honour of whose Birth, these Triumphs are,
Sits heere like Beauties child, whom Nature gat,
For men to see; and seeing, woonder at.
In honour of whose Birth, these Triumphs are,
Sits heere like Beauties child, whom Nature gat,
For men to see; and seeing, woonder at.
Thai.It pleaseth you (my royal Father) to expresse
My Commendations great, whose merit's lesse.
My Commendations great, whose merit's lesse.
King.It's fit it should be so, for Princes are
A modell which Heauen makes like to it selfe:
As Iewels loose their glory, if neglected,
So Princes their Renownes, if not respected:
T'is now your honour (Daughter) to entertaine
The labour of each Knight, in his deuice.
A modell which Heauen makes like to it selfe:
As Iewels loose their glory, if neglected,
So Princes their Renownes, if not respected:
T'is now your honour (Daughter) to entertaine
The labour of each Knight, in his deuice.
Thai.Which to preserue mine honour, I'le performe.
The first Knight passes by.
King.Who is the first, that doth preferre himselfe?
Thai.A Knight of Sparta (my renowned father)
And the deuice he beares vpon his Shield,
Is a blacke Ethyope reaching at the Sunne:
The word: Lux tua uita mihi.
And the deuice he beares vpon his Shield,
Is a blacke Ethyope reaching at the Sunne:
The word: Lux tua uita mihi.
King.He loues you well, that holdes his life of you.
The second Knight.
Who is the second, that presents himselfe?
The second Knight.
Who is the second, that presents himselfe?
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